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Blue Jackets vs. Avalanche December 5, 2009

COLUMBUS, OH - DECEMBER 5: Jason Chimera #25 of the Columbus Blue Jackets gives teammate Mike Commodore #22 a fist bump as the team makes their way from the locker room to the ice for the pre game skate before taking on the Colorado Avalanche on December 5, 2009 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Jamie Sabau/NHLI via Getty Images)

He's only 17 but he can see the ice so well and he moves the puck and goes to the open ice all the time, so I just think he's a player that is ready to play in the NHL. I'm really looking forward to coaching someone like this.

— U.S. National Junior Team coach Ron Wilson on Auston Matthews, the projected No. 1 pick of the 2016 NHL Draft